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- Epstein's client list

Yeah, about that...

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#70

People who 'think' their assumptions are facts are just, famously, making asses of themselves.

And that's all you are doing in this case, assuming the worst like some little old lady 100 years ago.

Of course, you could assume the same about another guy who says he would date his daughter, but then your Cult Leader wouldn't like that.

If you want to know where Daddy Trump is in these Files, MeidasTouch goes over it here:

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Including this quote by Trump...

"I've known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy," Trump told New York Magazine that year for a story headlined "Jeffrey Epstein: International Moneyman of Mystery."

"He's a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it " Jeffrey enjoys his social life."

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"The Trump Organization's continued pursuit of foreign business projects raises perilous national security, corruption and constitutional concerns," Donald K. Sherman, senior vice president and chief counsel at the Citizens for Responsibility & Ethics in Washington (CREW), told CNN in a statement.

"This is particularly true of their development in Saudi Arabia, whose government has a long history of apparently seeking to influence Donald Trump," Sherman added. "If Trump were to return to the presidency, he would likely violate the Foreign Emoluments Clause of the Constitution, as he did repeatedly in his first term in office."

A 2023 analysis by CREW found that Trump made at least $9.6 million from countries in the Middle East during his presidency.

The Trump Organization is owned by a private trust that lists the former president as the sole beneficiary. The family business is run by his sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump.

Last year, the Trump Organization was fined $1.6 million by a New York judge for running a decade-long tax fraud scheme. Two Trump entities were convicted of 17 felonies, including tax fraud and falsifying business records.

The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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The investment firm run by Jared Kushner, the former president's son-in-law who helped advise on foreign policy during the Trump administration, reportedly secured a $2 billion investment from the Saudi royal fund.

Last month, Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, launched an investigation into Kushner's firm and its ties to Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern governments.

Wyden expressed concern that the investments in Kushner's firm could create "significant conflicts of interest and potential counterintelligence risks."

#226

Good article, including:

Here is John Roberts LYING at his confirmation hearing, where he said that presidents are bound by the law and not above the law.

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By Conover Kennard " July 2, 2024

We're witnessing the most corrupt Supreme Court in our lives, and it's unsurprising that they can now accept gratuities. Clarence Thomas might need a new RV soon, so pay up if you need a favor.

If you want democracy demolished and the presidency turned into a monarchy, they are there for you. And, of course, it's not surprising that Justices like Brett Kavanaugh lied during his confirmation. Either that, or he's been having lunch with the likes of Nick Fuentes and did an about-face.

Look how principled he was just a few years ago:

No one's above the law in the United States of America.

Secondly, the president serves a term in office, not an unlimited term in office, again specified in Federalist 69.

The president is subject to the law.

No one's above the law in the United States, including the president of the United States.

And that's something that is made clear in Federalist 69.

Even in the national security context, where the Constitution gives the commander-in-chief power to the president, the president remains subject to the law.

A president is not above the law with respect to the criminal process.

No one is above the law in our constitutional system.

Federalist 69, Hamilton, makes clear all the ways that the executive branch, as designed by the framers of the Constitution, was different from the monarchy."

He also said, "No one is above the law in our constitutional system," adding that the presidency is not a monarchy.

Now, it's 2024, and Kavanaugh is complicit in tilting the United States toward a monarchy. We fought this once many years ago and can do it again; we just shouldn't have to."

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